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Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne
I, Taylor Hough, am a painfully average guy.I have the soul-destroying corporate job, I iron my underpants, and I was unceremoniously dumped for an influencer hippie a few years ago. Every day feels the same, and I don’t know how much longer I can cope before I do something unhinged like rip off my shirt in the middle of my co-worker’s office birthday party and smear lemon cake all over my chest...Categorized as:
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![An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan]()
An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan
Never give your name. Never accept a gift or favor. Never eat the food of the realm.Benny is having the best summer ever. He’s made a new friend, and now he’s getting an extended vacation at a private island... -
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![Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy]()
Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy
In the business of unfinished business...Tristan Everett had always preferred the company of the dead because they were quiet and didn’t talk back. As a slightly awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suited him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts... -
![City Wolf by S.P. Wayne]()
City Wolf by S.P. Wayne
The much anticipated sequel to Winter Wolf ! After almost a decade of self imposed solitude, Axton has a boyfriend. Leander might be a thousand miles away, but that still counts, right? Sure, maybe they haven't actually talked about their relationship status yet, and Axton might be a gay werewolf and Leander might be a human, but Ax is pretty sure things are going well...Categorized as:
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![The Trouble With Trying to Hook a Harbinger by Jennifer Cody]()
The Trouble With Trying to Hook a Harbinger by Jennifer Cody
Romily:Welcome back to Will-They-Won’t-They? The Engagement: The Foxily Edition. That’s the name of the show that I’m planning to pitch to a producer that’s based on my life. Will Fox ever give me a ring? Who knows! I don’t, and I don’t think Fox does either. If the rock currently sitting not-on-my-finger is any indication, we might be doomed... -
![Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie]()
Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie
A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way... -
![Vortex Conundrum by Louisa Masters]()
Vortex Conundrum by Louisa Masters
Wanted: one demon hunter. Beware the matchmaking ghosts. After years managing a haunted hotel and estate, I thought things were good. Sure, the ghosts can be a handful—nosy, opinionated, interfering—but they’re also friendly and fun. We have a system. Everything was under control. Cue hysterical laughter...Categorized as:
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![Impulsive Connections by Marie Reynard]()
Impulsive Connections by Marie Reynard
Ignited by accident, fueled by fate. Some bonds burn brighter than any flame. Kade Mills has spent over a decade dreaming of his ideal meet-cute. Surely the universe wouldn't toss the perfect mage at him while he's a scarred shadow of his former flirtatious self, recovering from his last encounter with the malicious spirits haunting his pack's territory...Categorized as:
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![Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand]()
Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir rivalry? Explosive. Their chemistry? Magical. When a regrettable drunken hookup becomes your partner in a high-stakes magical project, sparks are bound to fly—just not the kind Liam Morgan was hoping for. Teaming up with Adam Harrington, the golden boy of a legendary magical lineage, was not on his to-do list...Categorized as:
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![Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose]()
Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose
Oren doesn’t really belong in Hell. But the Devil is so hot he’s willing to make it work...Categorized as:
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![Hellfire & Tinsel by A.M. Rose]()
Hellfire & Tinsel by A.M. Rose
If Beau were to write a letter to Santa he’d ask for a friend. Instead he writes to Satan and summons a demon...Categorized as:
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![How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae]()
How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae
TobyMaybe I have an overactive imagination, but the hot guy next door totally gives off serial killer vibes. Why else would he know how long it takes to bleed out from a wound? Yeah, ok, so I asked, but it was research. Being an author definitely makes for some odd questions (someone had better clear my browser history when I die, that’s all I’m saying)... -
![Alpha Dragon's Cat by Hawke Oakley]()
Alpha Dragon's Cat by Hawke Oakley
Will curiosity kill the cat shifter—or finally cure his lonely heart? Alaric has lost all patience with the Dragonfate Games. After failing to find a mate for four seasons, he suspects foul play. The omega’s convinced a producer has a vendetta against him...Categorized as:
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![The Demon's Dealbreaker (Possessive Love) by Delaney Rain]()
The Demon's Dealbreaker (Possessive Love) by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA witch, two fairies, a minor god, and four demons walk into a bar and suddenly Dwyer Eamonn’s life will never be the same.Turns out that Dwyer’s parents promised him—their firstborn—as payment when they made eight different deals with various supernatural beings. At the stroke of midnight on his twenty-first birthday, every single claimant comes calling, ready to make Dwyer their heir... -
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![Practice for Toby by Amy Bellows]()
Practice for Toby by Amy Bellows
Omega gentoo penguin shifters are supposed to be quiet, modest, and subservient. Felix is none of those things. Every time he mouths off to his teachers, they warn him no alpha will ever want a rebel like him.But Felix has a plan. He found a romance novel with the secret details about what happens between an alpha and omega behind closed doors...Categorized as:
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![Cam's Treasure by Stella Rainbow]()
Cam's Treasure by Stella Rainbow
Cam and Micah have been waiting for their mates for years, but they didn't expect them to crash into their lives. Literally.CamAfter roaming the world looking for our two mates, Micah and I returned home to Mistvale because we missed our family and clan. Of course, if we'd remembered Mistvale was Fate-blessed, we might have saved ourselves all that trouble...Categorized as:
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![The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns]()
The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOrphaned, Luke Miller is left alone and homeless with only his cat for company. But Wentworth is more than an average feline, and when Luke makes a set of leather boots to keep his paws safe, it might help them both find the path to where they belong. Previously published in Fables Retold under the same title... -
![Relief Valve by J.L. Merrow]()
Relief Valve by J.L. Merrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf you dig up the past, be prepared to get dirty. It hasn't been all smooth sailing since plumber Tom Paretski and P.I. Phil Morrison became connected at the heart, if not always at Tom's dodgy hip. Neither of their families has been shy about voicing their disapproval, which hasn't helped Tom's uneasy relationship with his prickly older sister, Cherry... -
![Fate's Final Chapter by Toby Wise]()
Fate's Final Chapter by Toby Wise
The entire Burke pack and their loved ones join Frankie and Elwood for a day of celebration as the two join their lives together in a life force sharing ceremony.Join the family you’ve come to know and love five years after Frankie and Elwood’s mating, checking in with each and every member of the Burke pack... -
![Aquaculture Affair by Delaney Rain]()
Aquaculture Affair by Delaney Rain
Can a virgin and his dad’s best friend find a way to be together forever with their mersquid fated mate?Larkin isn't sure if he's got his life together or not, but he knows his love life is completely stalled out. He’s never going to get up the courage to tell Dean, his father's best friend, how he feels about him... -
![How to Save a Life by Eli Easton]()
How to Save a Life by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRav Miller looked into the terrified, intelligent eyes of the chocolate Labrador on death row, and knew he’d do anything to save him. When the dog, Sammy, escapes and heads to Mad Creek, Rav follows. Mad Creek. The town had become legendary in Rav’s mind after he’d met that bizarre group last year. Rav dismissed his crazy suspicions back then, but when he arrives in Mad Creek, he knows it’s true... -
![Too Many Beds: A Trope-Subversive Gay Romance Anthology by Adelaide Blaike, Amy Campbell]()
Too Many Beds: A Trope-Subversive Gay Romance Anthology by Adelaide Blaike, Amy Campbell
Where love knows no limits...and certainly not the confines of a single bed!In this limited-run gay romance anthology, ten talented authors take the beloved "only one bed" trope and turn it on its head. From jail cells to academy dorms, empty motels to crowded retail stores, the tales in Too Many Beds prove love can thrive in the most unexpected of places...Categorized as:
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![Give Me S'more by J.D. Light]()
Give Me S'more by J.D. Light
Moore Aldridge Finding out my mother and father have been hiding a pretty important secret form my brother and sister and me isn't the highlight of my week. But considering, up until yesterday I was bing held in a dingy, freezing cell with no blanket, it's also not the worst thing... -
![Nightmare for Hire by Morgan Lysand]()
Nightmare for Hire by Morgan Lysand
Nox is a Nightmare, literally. Having been around for eons, he’s decided it’s time to have some fun… wrecking lives, that is. So he hires himself out to get revenge on bad exes, which leads him to joining the Monster Match app. He doesn’t exactly care what the circumstances are as long as he gets to have some fun scaring humans.Cyrus moved to Rivenfield for a fresh start after a bad breakup... -
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![和宿敌结婚当天一起重生了 Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage by 林知落]()
和宿敌结婚当天一起重生了 Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage by 林知落
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLin Qian and Zheng PingQing, two people who have wanted to kill each other for many years, fell in love. After a lot of ups and downs, they finally married.But they didn’t expect to get reborn together on the day of their wedding.Back to the year when their feud was at its most intense.The friends around them also saw each other as enemies... -
![The Fox's Reluctant Alpha by Ava Beringer]()
The Fox's Reluctant Alpha by Ava Beringer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sly fox has me chasing his, ahem, tail. I hate that I love it, but there’s no way I’m falling in love. Is there?Omega fox Duncan Dougherty is a laid-back, fun-loving guy. A little too laid back. After a blow-up argument with his family, Duncan takes off, looking for adventure and freedom... -
![Little Sh*t by J.D. Light]()
Little Sh*t by J.D. Light
Carter Benson Being sold to men who were intent on basically auctioning me off into sexual slavery isn't the worst thing I've been through, but getting into that would mean talking about revenge and things better left forgotten... -
![Parker's Silver Lineman by J.D. Light]()
Parker's Silver Lineman by J.D. Light
Silver Bell Football has been both my freedom and my restraints. I'm my happiest when I'm on the field. I have an assignment. I know what I need to do and I get it done. I don’t have to worry about my parents and their demands or anything else going on or not going on in my life. It paid my way through college, which meant not having to rely on my parents for my education... -
![Pretty Angel by J.D. Light]()
Pretty Angel by J.D. Light
Rory Stevens When I was six, monsters attacked and killed my mom, while we were unloading groceries. I thought I'd been rescued by the nice man we'd met the day before at the pool, but throughout the twelve years I spent in his basement, I started to realize things. He was one of the monsters, and my basement bedroom was my cage... -
![Bonds of Blood by Nazri Noor]()
Bonds of Blood by Nazri Noor
Family matters.With the help of his found family and his beloved Prince Sylvain, Lochlann Wilde has finally conquered the four oriels of the Wispwood. Now that the elemental gemstones are united in his amulet, Locke can earn Aphrodite’s favor.Whatever that may be. But there’s plenty to do in the meantime, anyway... -
![The Prince and His Captivating Carpenter by Charlie Cochet]()
The Prince and His Captivating Carpenter by Charlie Cochet
PRINCE BERND As Prince of the Bear Shifters, I knew the time would come for me to prove myself worthy of my crown. I expected my quest to be perilous. What I didn’t expect was for it to take me up into Espen Mountain, a place that’s brought me nothing but grief and terrible nightmares...Categorized as:
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![Precious Boy by J.D. Light]()
Precious Boy by J.D. Light
Bentley Jeffers My life has been a series of ups and downs. Downside: I lost my right arm just below he elbow when I was six years old due to a car accident. Upside: It made my usefulness to my parents nonexistent and therefore they didn't treat me the way they treated my twin brother...Categorized as:
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![Blondie’s 1998 with a Goat by J.D. Light]()
Blondie’s 1998 with a Goat by J.D. Light
Marlow Jeffers I'm a former child star, whose own mother and father treated like a meal ticket. When burn out, and my mother's hateful words to my twin brother drove me away from the life of fortune and semi-fame, the only logical solution is to buy a food truck so my brother can follow his passion, and move to Purdy, Nebraska... -
![Vexing the Viper by Ashley Rayne]()
Vexing the Viper by Ashley Rayne
NikoBeing a Gorgon in a world predominantly run by humans isn’t easy. Creelin U was supposed to be my sanctuary, the one place I could be myself without the stares and whispers.Until it wasn’t.They have officially opened their doors to humans, and now there’s one in particular who seems to get under my skin. A human who’s sunshiny aura has me wondering if I should change my ways...Categorized as:
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![Richypoo, That’s Not a Bong by J.D. Light]()
Richypoo, That’s Not a Bong by J.D. Light
Richmond Pratt I like being a PI, but I don't love it. I like my life in Tennessee, but I don't love it. I like the apartment I live in but I don't love it. Basically my life is full of stuff that I can live with or without. With the exception of my mom and my sister, but they have their own lives... -
![Awkward Smiles by J.D. Light]()
Awkward Smiles by J.D. Light
Pierce Brown If it weren't for the one thing in the whole world I can't leave behind, I would have escaped, or been killed trying by now. At nineteen, the prospect of dying trying to get away from a fancy hotel in Las Vegas shouldn't even be a thought process you have, but a month in the presence of a man like Oscar Burns is enough to make you feel like evil is infecting your skin... -
![Freefall by Roe Horvat]()
Freefall by Roe Horvat
When his parents try to coerce him into a marriage with an obnoxious, snobbish alpha, Ansel escapes to his granddad’s off-grid cabin. There he can gather the courage to make some tough decisions. After an unusually stormy night, Ansel ventures out to investigate the damage, and finds…a dragon. An actual, live dragon that crashed into the forest. Ansel fully expects to become the beast’s breakfast...Categorized as:
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![Blood, Paint and Pumpkin Guts by J.D. Light]()
Blood, Paint and Pumpkin Guts by J.D. Light
Reid Wilson Living with a large group of people is really starting to grow on me, especially since before I was kidnapped, I was feeling more and more alone every day. My days used to be an endless cycle of passive aggressive comments about my size and appearance, disguised as constructive criticism from someone who "just didn't want me to feel out of place" in his world... -
![Hot Stuff by J.D. Light]()
Hot Stuff by J.D. Light
Davis Sanders I'm a bit on the chubby side, and I tend to somehow walk around with at least one foot hanging out of my mouth at all times. It's amazing how spectacularly I can vomit out a run-on sentence with every phrase being more offensive than the last... -
![Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen]()
Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the gig of a lifetime for this ghostwriter, except there’s a the client, a closeted A-list actor finally ready to come out in his memoir, is an actual ghost.Adam Gallagher has knocked on thousands of doors. An ex-Mormon and almost-famous memoirist, he is used to sharing his life story with strangers. But this day, this house, is different... -
![Not All Rednecks by J.D. Light]()
Not All Rednecks by J.D. Light
Edmond Aldridge I want what my brother has. Well, not exactly. As great as Carpenter is, he doesn't do it for me. But I want the love, devotion and crazy attraction he has with his mate. I want someone to look at me the way they look at each other. The way most of the leap looks at each other...Categorized as:
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![Match with The Demon by Chace Verity]()
Match with The Demon by Chace Verity
Harrison Hamilton rarely takes risks in his everyday life. Raising a kid by himself has required him to be extra careful at his construction job and with his heart. But with his child off at university, only two hamsters to keep him company at home, and Valentine’s Day looming around the corner, the lonely Canadian dad is ready to take a risk in the world of online dating... -
![Call Me Baby by J.D. Light]()
Call Me Baby by J.D. Light
Foster Bryant I've been pretty sure Burke was my was my mate from the first time I saw him on the screen he and his brother were using to talk to each other from two different places. But as long as my leopard doesn't smell him, I can give us both the time we need to get our lives together. The key is not meeting him physically, until the time is right... -
![Halloween Dragon by Liv Rider]()
Halloween Dragon by Liv Rider
Cameron loves nothing more than HalloweenTo Cameron, Halloween is the best time of the year, from the candy and decorations to dressing up and scaring visitors in a haunted maze. When an investor is about to end Halloween Fest forever by buying the farm that hosts it, Cameron will fight to the end... -
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![Late Bloomer by Morgan Hawes]()
Late Bloomer by Morgan Hawes
After a rough start, Malcolm Roy III has cleaned up his act, gotten (mostly) sober, and now stands to inherit his family's wealth and his father’s business. But Malcolm has a secret: he's spent the last ten years on dangerous suppressants. After collapsing at work, and on his doctor's orders, Malcolm has cut them out completely... -
![The King and His Vigilant Valet by Charlie Cochet]()
The King and His Vigilant Valet by Charlie Cochet
JEAN The past has a way of catching up with you, even if you are immortal. I’ve spent thousands of years as the valet and companion to the powerful King of All Shifters. It has been my honor and duty to protect, serve, and advise him. I never intended to fall in love with him. My past is filled with death and bloodshed, but I never once regretted keeping Alarick safe... -
![Assassin Found by Stephani Hecht]()
Assassin Found by Stephani Hecht
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes, you have to go back home in order to find your future, no matter how painful your past may be. Raised by a cruel master, Tiger shifter Rico now works as a freelance assassin. He’s just drifting around with no real home when he hears that Mitchell’s coalition is looking for assassins. Left with no real options, Rico decides to see what the coalition has to offer... -
![Best in Show by Kelly Jensen]()
Best in Show by Kelly Jensen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSolitary mystery writer Julian Wilkes doesn’t want a pet, but his sister persuades him to visit Lingwood Animal Rescue, where he is immediately taken with a large ginger tabby cat. Before he can settle into the joys of cat ownership, however, he discovers something very unusual about his new companion. Macavity Birch is cursed. By day he is a large tabby cat... -
![Sweet Sutton by J.D. Light]()
Sweet Sutton by J.D. Light
Sutton Hilliard I've been watching my sexy neighbor lounge around his back yard in the nude for like three months now. Like a creepy weirdo, I do it with all the lights in my house off, so he won't know I'm there. When I think he is being attacked by wild animals, I run out to save him, shotgun in hand. And that is how I find out about shifters, mates and chosen... -
![Grumpy Old Bear by J.D. Light]()
Grumpy Old Bear by J.D. Light
Bennett James Everyone thinks I'm just a young, thrill seeking sass mouth who accidentally stumbled upon my status in the command by being the alpha-mate's best friend. The truth is, I'm a lot more mature than people give me credit for. Including my mate...
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